Mindlist vs BIFF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindlist
This app helps you manage your daily schedule and tasks with a minimalist interface. It offers features like reminders, calendar visualization, and customizable task lists to boost productivity without distractions.
- No ads
- Customizable task lists
- Reminders for appointments
- Calendar visualization
- Simple and fast task entry
- Dark mode
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Mindlist is a simple, beautiful, and powerful to-do list app designed to help you stay focused, organized, and in control of your day. Plan your tasks, manage your schedule, create checklists, set reminders, and organize everything that matters — without unnecessary complexity. Whether you are managing work, study, errands, personal goals, chores, or daily routines, Mindlist gives you a calm and minimal space to keep everything clear. No complicated setup. No clutter. No ads. Just your tasks, your plans, and a simple way to get things done. Mindlist is built for everyday productivity. Add a task in seconds, set a date, create a reminder, organize your lists, and see what needs your attention. The app is fast, intuitive, and easy to use from the first launch. KEY FEATURES • Minimalist design A clean, distraction-free interface that helps you focus on what matters. • iCloud sync Keep your tasks, lists, reminders, and plans in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • No ads Stay focused without distractions, pop-ups, or intrusive advertising. • Smart reminders Never miss important tasks, meetings, appointments, deadlines, or daily routines. • Calendar planning View your schedule clearly and plan your day, week, and upcoming tasks with ease. Recurring tasks are now shown directly in Calendar, so your routines are easier to see and manage. • Recurring tasks Create repeating tasks for habits, routines, chores, bills, workouts, study sessions, and more. Set an end date for recurring tasks when a routine or plan should not repeat forever. • Custom task lists Personalize your lists with colors, icons, and display options that match the way you work. • Simple and fast task creation Quickly add tasks, set dates, enable reminders, and organize your plan in just a few taps. • Organized lists Drag, reorder, and arrange your lists so everything stays exactly where you need it. Mindlist is perfect for: • Daily to-do lists • Work tasks • Study and homework planning • Personal goals • Shopping lists • Chores and home organization • Habit tracking • Appointments and deadlines • Simple project planning • Family and personal routines Mindlist is free to use, with optional Premium features available for users who want to unlock even more functionality. Premium is a one-time purchase, giving you lifetime access to all premium features. Download Mindlist today and turn your plans into progress — one task at a time.
BIFF
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BIFF is a behavior-aware planner with receipts. The free plan lets you schedule up to 5 task blocks per day. BIFF Plus is an auto-renewable subscription that unlocks unlimited daily task blocks when five is not enough. BIFF tracks the gap between what you planned and what you actually did, then adapts future scheduling around your real patterns. The live scoring path stays deterministic and inspectable, so recommendations can explain themselves instead of feeling random. BIFF is not a generic calendar. It notices overloaded days, fake morning plans, repeat misses, and the slots you keep ignoring. It keeps score, surfaces the pattern, and lets you edit everything manually. Free BIFF includes: • planning up to 5 task blocks per day • manual tasks, recurring tasks, and work schedule setup • task instances with done, snooze, skip, and reschedule tracking • planner and receipts views with behavior-aware recommendations • explanation text and score breakdowns for optimizer moves • weekly recap and behavior stats built from actual task history BIFF Plus includes: • unlimited daily task blocks • Apple-managed purchase, cancellation, and restore BIFF does not use an LLM in the live scheduling loop. Scheduling remains deterministic. Future model work is still shadow-only, and the current product logic is heuristic-first and fully explainable. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://biff-site.vercel.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mindlist at fortnightly against BIFF's every 2 months. BIFF's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mindlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BIFF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mindlist ships an update fortnightly, BIFF every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mindlist | BIFF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nova Ocean | Shawarma Mia Corp |
Bugs and requests
Mindlist
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tasks disappearing or not being saved
- Repeating tasks not functioning properly
- Calendar integration issues
- Syncing problems between devices
- Unexpected app behavior after updates
Requested features
10 requests- Add shortcuts for Mac version
- Implement subtasks and task filtering
- Improve calendar integration and timeline view
- Add ability to move tasks between lists
- Implement Apple Watch support
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- Provide more customization options
- Add Siri integration
- Improve syncing between devices
- Implement automatic task reminders
- Add ability to create recurring tasks with flexible schedules
BIFF
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindlist
- Buy Premium$5.99
BIFF
- BIFF Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- BIFF Plus Yearly$19.991 Year









